The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence)

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain human

The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III, overseeing government amid growing tensions that led toward the American Revolution.

Aliases (1)

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ×46

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Prime Minister of Great Britain → human →
birthDate	1735-09-28 →
birthPlace	London, England → surface form: "London"
child	George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton → Lord Augustus FitzRoy → surface form: "Lord Charles FitzRoy"
cooperatedWith	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → William Pitt the Elder →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1811-03-14 →
deathPlace	Euston Hall, Suffolk →
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge → Westminster School →
era	18th century →
familyName	FitzRoy →
father	Lord Augustus FitzRoy →
givenName	Augustus →
grandfather	Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton →
involvedIn	British policy toward the American colonies → Townshend Acts era →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Whig Party →
monarchDuringTerm	George III of the United Kingdom → surface form: "George III"
monarchServed	George III of the United Kingdom → surface form: "George III"
nobleTitle	The Duke of Grafton → surface form: "3rd Duke of Grafton"
notableFor	governing during rising tensions preceding the American Revolution → leading a Whig government during the early reign of George III →
officeEndTime	1770-01-28 →
officeStartTime	1768-10-14 →
parliamentaryRole	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge → Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds → Member of the House of Lords →
peerage	Peerage of England →
politicalAlignment	Rockingham Whig →
positionHeld	First Lord of the Treasury → Lord Chamberlain → Lord Privy Seal → Prime Minister of Great Britain → Secretary of State for the Northern Department →
precededBy	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham →
religion	Unitarianism →
residence	Euston Hall, Suffolk → surface form: "Euston Hall"
spouse	Anne Liddell → Elizabeth Wrottesley →
style	The Duke of Grafton →
succeededBy	Lord North →

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William Pitt the Elder → predecessorAsPrimeMinister → The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) →